Back When There Was Baseball: Jerry Crawford
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Our guest this week is former National League umpire Jerry Crawford. Jerry comes from a family of officials. His father Shag was a Major League umpire from 1955-1975 and his brother Joey, was an NBA official from 1977-2016. Jerry started out…
Talking College Football History: Chris Woods
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Chris Woods joins me this week. Chris played at Auburn from 1980-1983, which included the last year of Coach Doug Barfield's tenure and the start of Coach Pat Dye's regime. He was a wide receiver playing in a wishbone offense and his years in…
Musings of a Sports Fanatic: August 29
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Tim tries to relax Phillies fans and prep them for a possible playoff matchup with the Mets. Two Cent Takes on MLB pennant chases, Pirates talk including gushing over a pitching staff being wasted, and a great out of conference schedule in college…
Back When There Was Baseball: Rick Wise
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Rick Wise joins us this week to talk about his outstanding career. Rick's career was lengthy, 1963-1982, with only parts of 3 seasons in the Minor Leagues. He started 8 games for the 1964 Phillies in a year in which the Phillies collapsed at the end of…
Talking College Football History: Dale Castro
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We journey to College Park, MD this week with our guest, Dale Castro. Dale played for the Terrapins from 1978-1980. He walked onto the football program after an illness ended his college baseball career. Dale punted for Maryland in 1978, then added…
Sports Authors Showcase/Back When There Was Baseball: Zack Minasian
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Zack Minasian joins us this week to talk about his book Lasorda University: A Recollection of My Summer of '68 with Tommy Lasorda and the Ogden Dodgers in our combined Sports Authors Showcase and Back When There Was Baseballpodcasts. Zack…
Sports Authors Showcase/Back When There Was Baseball: Zack Minasian
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Zack Minasian joins us this week to talk about his book Lasorda University: A Recollection of My Summer of '68 with Tommy Lasorda and the Ogden Dodgers in our combined Sports Authors Showcase and Back When There Was Baseballpodcasts. Zack…
Musings of a Sports Fanatic: August 22
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Tim jumps in the Time Machine right out of the gate to discuss the career of Lee Corso. Then it is Two Cent Takes(moving from Tim’s column to here) on MLB, including making sense of the Pirates approach plus a look at pennant races, sports insisting on…
Back When There Was Baseball: Steve Whitaker
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Steve Whitaker joins us this week. Steve played from 1962-1972 with parts of 5 seasons in the Big Leagues. He started out in the Yankees organization and talks about playing in Yankee Stadium (when the monuments were in the field of play) with Mickey…
